Director of Engineering

Director of Engineering

Requirements

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems or Computer Science or equivalent combination of experience and education.
• Must be able to read, understand, and develop code for web-based programming. This may include Visual Basic, ASP, HTML, SQL and .Net languages.
• Must understand general programming standards, operating systems, workflow cycles, development life cycle, and terminology.
• Requires a general understanding of business operations, business terminology, and business communications.
• 10+ years programming leadership experience building web based enterprise software products leveraging C#, ASP.NET, & SQL, or specialized training combined with experience.
• Must demonstrate an ability to see the broader picture of impact of developed processes.
• Must understand development industry standards and practices.
• Must be able to demonstrate individual and team work effort in collaborative processes.
• Understanding of Object Oriented Programming.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a fully high-functioning and accountable engineering team.
• Strategize for and set business operational objectives, business requirements, product roadmaps and related technical specifications. Oversee completion of department goals, strategies and budgets.
• Interact with customers in the necessary product areas.
• Effectively and routinely review reporting on operational metrics and status. Make plan changes as needed depending on metrics.
• Identify need for and drive change in our engineering processes.
• Oversee budget and accountability for assigned Engineering teams.
• Document performance. Includes obtaining input from other resources. Take corrective action when needed.
• Continuously improve skills/knowledge of programming languages, tools, department standards and development industry practices.
• Understand and be able to apply broader industry knowledge for assigned product.
• Drive improvements in internal processes. Monitor improvements for effectiveness.
• Maintain knowledge of industry and department standards, company policy and procedures, and employment regulations.

Preferred Qualifications

• ASP (Classic) – Familiar through reading and/or introductory-to-intermediate courses required, including reading and writing simple code and developing simple processes.
• ASP.NET – Familiar through reading and/or introductory-to-intermediate courses preferred, including reading and writing simple code and developing simple processes.
• Object-Oriented Programming – Knowledgeable of an object-oriented language (JAVA, Visual Basic, C#, F#). Has done project work using code. Has good working application/experience. Can apply principals to multi-process applications. Generally 1-2 years.
• VB.NET – Familiar through reading and/or introductory-to-intermediate courses preferred, including reading and writing simple code and developing simple processes.
• SQL – Familiar through reading and/or introductory-to-intermediate courses required, including reading and writing simple code and developing simple processes.
• HTML – Familiar through reading and/or introductory-to-intermediate courses required, including reading and writing simple code and developing simple processes.
• JAVA Script – Familiar through reading or introductory course preferred, including reading and writing simple code and developing simple processes.